Mel Goetz is an MBA candidate and product-focused software engineer with nine years of experience building mobile-first digital health and education products at the intersection of behavioral science and design. Having shipped Material Design UI improvements at Google and led product for Limbix’s evidence-based digital therapeutic for teens, Mel blends hands-on Android engineering with product strategy and research-driven decision making. As founder of Nido Labs they designed a gamified ed‑tech app teaching social-emotional learning to children, translating clinical goals into engaging experiences. Based in San Francisco and grounded in CS training from Duke, Mel is passionate about preventive mental health and has a track record of turning behavioral-economics experiments and open-source UI contributions into scalable, user-centered products.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Duke University
Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for Android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Contributions:1 release, 46 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Mel primarily contributed to the `material-components-android` repository by implementing and modifying UI components for Android. Their work involved creating and refining elevation demos, which included adding interactive elements like buttons and adjusting elevation levels. Furthermore, the user added features to the `TabLayout` component, implementing label visibility control, and created a new bottom sheet demo within the catalog.
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